[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S3917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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   REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT AMENDS 
            EXECUTIVE ORDER 13761 OF JANUARY 13, 2017--PM 12

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with subsection 401(b) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1641(b), and subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), I hereby report that I have 
issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') that amends Executive Order 
13761 of January 13, 2017, by changing certain effective dates and 
revokes a reporting requirement in that order.
  The order changes the date by which the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, is to provide a report to the President on 
the Government of Sudan's progress in sustaining the positive actions 
taken by the Government of Sudan that gave rise to Executive Order 
13761, from July 12, 2017, to October 12, 2017. The order also changes 
from July 12, 2017, to October 12, 2017, the effective date for the 
revocation of sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 
1997, and the entirety of Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, 
provided that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 
publishes on or before October 12, 2017, a notice in the Federal 
Register stating that the Government of Sudan has sustained the 
positive actions that gave rise to the order and has provided to the 
President the report described above.
  The order revokes the requirement in Executive Order 13761 to provide 
an updated version of the report annually thereafter and, concurrent 
with those reports, to publish in the Federal Register a notice stating 
whether the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions that 
gave rise to Executive Order 13761.
  The President issued Executive Orders 13067 and 13412, among other 
orders, to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including support for 
international terrorism; efforts to destabilize neighboring 
governments; and the prevalence of human rights violations.
  In Executive Order 13761, the President determined that the situation 
that gave rise to the actions taken in Executive Order 13067 and 
Executive Order 13412 related to the policies and actions of the 
Government of Sudan had been altered by Sudan's positive actions over 
the prior 6 months. Executive Order 13761 directed the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director 
of National Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, and based on a consideration of relevant and 
credible information from available sources, including nongovernmental 
organizations, on or before July 12, 2017, to provide a report to the 
President on the Government of Sudan's progress in sustaining its 
positive actions that gave rise to Executive Order 13761. Executive 
Order 13761 further provided that if the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, published on or before July 12, 2017, a 
notice in the Federal Register stating that the Government of Sudan had 
sustained the positive actions that gave rise to Executive Order 13761 
and had provided to the President the report described above, the 
revocation of sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 and the 
revocation of Executive Order 13412 would become effective.
  While the Government of Sudan has made some progress in areas 
identified in Executive Order 13761, I have decided that more time is 
needed for this review to establish that the Government of Sudan has 
demonstrated sufficient positive action across all of those areas.
  For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to amend 
the effective date to October 12, 2017, to provide the report required 
by Executive Order 13761 and revoke sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 
13067 and Executive Order 13412, provided that further action is taken 
by the Secretary of State, as set forth in Executive Order 13761, and 
to revoke the subsequent annual reporting requirement in Executive 
Order 13761.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, July 11, 2017.

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